Adjustable lamp-shade.



F. EVANS.

ADJUSTABLE LAMPv SHADE. APPLICATION FILED Amm, 191s.

Patented Mai. l?, 1914 LAQ@ :lill IIA ll.l.| llllll FRED EVANS, GF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, tri

AnJUsrnBLn Later-simian.

Specification of Letters Piatent.

rei/i To all 'whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that l, FRED EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Summit, in the county et Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Lamp-Shades, ot which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to an adjustable lamp shade and is particularlyY adapted for use in connection with electric light bulbs.

particular object ot the intention is to provide a shadewhich may be conveniently attached to and detached from :in electric light bulb, and to arrange the means of attachnient in 'such manner that Vthe shade may be easily swung into any adjusted position relatively to the bulb for excluding thc rays oitl light in'any desired direction.

A further object is to provide a lamp shade of the class described having a plurality of spring lingers attached thereto adapted to yieldingly engage about the globular portion et an electric bulb, to provide a screen portion for supporting the spring lingers, adapted, it desired, to :torni a relector, to provide simple and inexpensive means ot attachment between the spring lingers -and the screen part, and to adapt the screen part to serve as a picture frame within which a picture or the like may be detuchably, or otherwise carried.

t(lt-her objects and aims of the invention, more or less specilic than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and 4in part pointed out in the course oli the following' description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications et principles, constituting the invention; and the scope ot protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings which are to betslren as s part of this specification, and in which I have shown a merelylv preu ferrcd term ot embodiment of the invention, Figure l is a side elevational view oit a lamp shade constructed in accordance with the provisions of this invention, the same being illustrated in supported relation upon an electric bulb, the shade being illustrated in dotted lines in a plurality of adjusted positions; Fig. 2 is an enlarged, transverse, sectional View., partly in elevation of the lamp shade, said section being taken substantially on the plane of line H-Il of Fig. 3; andA Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of the shade, parts being illustrated in section for disclosing features of construction. p

Referring to the drawings for a detailed description ot' the structure illustrated, the reference numeral l indicates the base mem ber of the screen, and 2 the spring` fingers attached to the rear tace of the base member l. The :lingers may be attached to the base nien'iber in any desired nia-nner, the attaching ineens illustrated in the drawings being simply exemplary. Connecting means illustrated comprises a ring-shaped member 3 termed by bending up a piece ot sheet metal so as to inclose laterally bent portionsfl at the base et the fingers, the portions l being curved to correspond to the curvature of the member The fingers Q are preferably three in number spaced equi-distant about the ring-shaped member 3, and the bent por` tions et the'respectivc lingers entend preierf; bly to near the ba se oi the next adjacent .tinger so es to provide ample connection with the member 2l.

At spaced points in the circumference of the member 3, preferably at the base ends of vthe ti. 2, portions, as 5, of' the material of the member 3 are strut-.lr out and bent so as to :torni e mechanical grip with the screen member l preferably by being inserted through the apertures 6 torni-ed through the member l, the inner ends et the parts L? being bent over the outer surface et the member 1. The base member l ot 'the screen is preferably polished on its rear ce, or othe ,f adapted so as to term tor.

the base member l or ornamen` 'tney-coinprise wall oit 'a picture iirznras fl', if d ed, the picture frame cone g of any suit 'le material, but preferably being termed as a metallic ring soldered or otherwise connected with the pe riphery ci the base member l. A suitable annular groove 8 may be provided for the retention of a photograph, or thelilce, asl 9, the member 9 servingnot only to ornament the structure, but also as a means of corering and concealing the parts '5 of the iinvger retaining,- means. l

While the base member 1 and the part 'I are shown end described as being; separately formed parts connected together, it is, however, apparent that they may be formed integral, if desired, the part 7 comprising merely a marginal flange formed upon the part l.

It is apparent from the above description and from the illustrations accompanying the same, that the spring lingers 2 are adapted to engage about the globular portion of the bulb, the iingers being bowed, as illustrated, for forming a more intimate engagement. In attaching thestructure to the bulb, the

fingers are spread apart by engagement with made of a transparent or a translucent ma.

terial, as glass or Celluloid, so that the light rays may filter through a colored or otherwise suitably prepared member 9.

As many changes could be made in the above described construction, and various embodiments' of the invention could be made -without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description,or shown in the ac companying drawing, shall beintcrpreted as illustrative only, and not in a limiting sense, and that the following claims are intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention which may be said to fall within the language of said claims.

Having tnus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letlters Patent, is:

l. An adjustable shade for electric light bulbs comprising a screen part, and a part for yieldingly engaging the glass portion of the bulb, the last mentioned part comprising a plurality of spring fingers, a carrier for said spring fingers spacing said spring fingers apart, and said carrier comprising a hollow ring-shaped member into which portions of the spring fingers extend, and said carrier having struck out portions forming gripping fingers extending through apertures formed in the screen part and being` bent over to prevent detachment from said apertures.

2. An adjustable shade for electric light bulbs comprising a screen part, and a part for yieldingly engaging the globular portion of the bulb, the last mentioned part comprising a plurality of spring lingers, a carrier for said spring fingers spacing said spring fingers apart, means connecting said carrier with one face of said'screen part projecting through apertures in said screen part to a relatively opposite face thereof, said screen part being formed with a iange, and v'means retained by said flange covering and concealing the connecting means of said carrier.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

FRED EVANS. Witnesses:

L. .Gnnsronu HANDY, NATHALIE THOMPSON. 

